152 KIRKNEWTON [PRESB. OF
Nov. 1754, W.S. apprentice 1770; Janet,
born 27th Oct. 1758 ; Isabel, born 5th April
1761 ; James, surgeon, Edinburgh, born
23rd Jan. 1766; Sir Alexander, K.C.B.,
B.E., Inspector-General of Fortifications,
born 23rd Jan. 1766, died 1832; William,
D.D., min. of Aberdour, born 4th April
1770; Janet (secunda). Publications
—
Several scientific papers in the Trans. Roy.
,$oc. Lond., "A New Method of Measuring
the Velocity of the Wind," etc. ; "Map of the
North Coast of Britain, from the Baw Stoir
of Assynt to Wick, in Caithness, with the
Harbours and Bocks, and an Account of
the Tides in the Pentland Firth, 1744"
(Trans. Philosoph. Soe, Edin.).—[Morrison's
Digest ; Nimmo's Stirlingsh., i. ; Chalmers's
Caled., ii. ; New Stat. Ace, i. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.~]
WILLIAM CAMEBON, born Loch-
ia aber, 1751 ; studied at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1770);
pres. by Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, and
ord. 17th Aug. 1786 ; died 17th Nov. 1811.
A poet of no inconsiderable genius, he com-
posed two (xiv., xvii.) and revised at least
thirty-three of the Paraphrases and two of
the Hymns used in the devotional service
of the Church. He marr. 15th Sept. 1788,
Agnes (born 1764, died 16th March 1837),
daugh. of James Montgomerie and Agnes
Hunter, Irvine, and had issue—James, born
26th Feb., died 1st Nov. 1790; Bobert,
accountant, born 1st June 1793, died 28th
Oct. 1829 ; William, apothecary, born 19th
Aug. 1795 ; Mary, born 6th April 1797
(marr. 15th Nov. 1816, Dr Zekariah Sillar,
Irvine), died 1883 ; George Duncan, born
11th Oct. 1798, died 24th Oct. 1829;
Thomas MacKnight, born 22nd March
1800; Margaret, born 4th Feb. 1802, died
2nd April 1803; Helen, born 31st March
1804 (marr. Alexander Christison, min. of
Foulden) ; Catherine, born 15th May 1806,
died 31st May 1810; Francis; Douglas.
Publications—Poems on Various Subjects
(Edinburgh, 1781, anon.); The Abuse of
Civil and Religious Liberty, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1793); Ode on LochieVs Birth
Day (1796); A Review of the French
Revolution (Edinburgh, 1802); Poems on
Several Occasions, posthumous (Edinburgh,
1813); Paraphrases of Sacred Scripture,
used in the Church of Scotland, xiv.,
xvii. ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ix.).—[Forbes
;
Life of Beattie,
i. ; New Scots Mag., ii. ; Bogers' Scottish
Minstrel ; New Stat. Ace, i. ; Julian's Diet.
ofHymnology, Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDEB LOCKHABT SIMP-
1812 SON, born April 1785 ; a student
at the Selkirk Hall of the Secession
Church under Professor Lawson in 1803.
Joined the Church of Scotland, and was
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 17th Jan. 1810
;
pres. by George, Earl of Morton, 27th April,
and ord. 22nd Oct. 1812 ; clerk of the Presb.
of Edinburgh ; joint clerk depute to the
General Assembly 22nd May 1828; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 20th March 1836); convener
of the Assembly's Committee on Home
Missions 29th May 1843; Moderator of
the General Assembly 1849 ; principal clerk
to the General Assembly 19th May 1859
;
died unmarr. 15th Dec. 1861. Publications
—Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh
on the Seat Rents of the City Churches
(Edinburgh, 1834) ; Statement in Reference
to a Division in the General Assembly's
Non - Intrusion Committee (Edinburgh,
1842); Remarks on the Memorial Pre-
sented to Her Majesty's Government by a
Committee of the Free Church, Relative to
the quoad sacra Churches or Chapels in
Connection with the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1848); Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, i.).—[Report on Ch.
Patronage; New Stat. Ace, i.]
HENBY WALLIS SMITH, born Glas-
1862 gow' llth Nov - 1829> son of William
S. of Carbeth-Guthrie, Lord Provost
of Glasgow, and Sarah Wallis, daugh. of
Henry Wallis, Marysborough, Co. Cork
;
educated privately and at Edinburgh
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1854 ; assistant at New Kilpatrick ; ord.
to Durisdeer 10th May 1855; trans, and
adm. 19th June 1862; D.D. (Edinburgh
1882); convener of the Jewish Mission
Scheme 1875-85 ; Lecturer on Pastoral
Theology 1878; died 12th Nov. 1885. He